Step into the golden days of 1932, where Keuka college girls wandered arm-in-arm, cocoa steamed, and mystery of the bluff still whispered...

This audio essay blends research, story, and sound to evoke the world of Keuka College, Penn Yan, and Bluff Point in the autumn of 1932. Narration is taken directly from the piece below.

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CREDITS

DADDY WINTERS AND THE AUTUMN OF 1932
Written by Nina Alvarez © 2025

Performed by AI-generated voice
Script adapted from original essay

Produced by Legends of the Lost

CREDITS & SOURCES

Drawn from the archives of Yates County, Keuka College, the Penn Yan Democrat, and the 1880 survey by Dr. S. Hart Wright

My Fate is in Your Hands — performed by Sheet Music Singer (via YouTube)
My Fate is in Your Hands — Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (Internet Archive)
Ready for Fall | Nostalgic 1930s–1940s Autumn Music (via YouTube)
Additional sounds from the Descript Audio Library

NarrationHistorical ResearchMusic & Sound

A lost stone city. A vanished dig. A man who disappeared before anyone could ask the right questions.

In 1939, newspaper man Gilbert T. Brewer set out to uncover the Bluff Point Ruins—14 acres of strange stone walls, circles, and monoliths perched high above Keuka Lake in New York State. Locals said they’d been there forever. Brewer said they might change history. Then he—and his discoveries—vanished.

Join writer and researcher Nina Alvarez as she unearths the story of the ruins, the dig, and the long trail that led her to Brewer’s living descendants. It’s a journey through buried histories, strange theories, and the places where mystery refuses to die.

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